THE FIREFLY SMILED

For the Queen of the dancing fireflies...08 05 14

Our respective promenades aligned
in the lime green expanse spread out
over an eavesdropping meadow
of prismatic memories
Feathers of poetic grass danced
in the splashes of kaleidoscopic dew
that coagulated to the tune
of fate's intermezzo breeze

In a bowl of cupped hands
you encased a member of the colony
of fireflies chaperoning the encounter
of marauding souls searching
for the purpose of tomorrow
A conscientious smile of magenta
preened upon your lips as I tilted
to immerse in its illumination

Suddenly I felt my weight elude me
Gravity rescinded its embedded obligation
Tomorrow's embryo untangled
the placenta fostering mortality's allotted form
Lemon yellow manifested in
my anatomic morph unbeknownst to me
until my effort to embrace you flickered on
the surface of vibrating little wings
swimming in the pillow of the redefined air
and we glowed in our first eye contact
through the synchronized suns
of our bioluminescent incarnations

Author's Note

A response to this poem : http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/friedapickle/1394341/

Reviews

[redzone]

See, I knew you would still be smiling and it seems also dancing.... hmmm, perhaps someone needs to "chaperone" if you are gonna do all this "fireflying"... HA!!

Enjoyed the image of these lines Steve: "Feathers of poetic grass danced
in the splashes of kaleidoscopic dew
that coagulated to the tune
of fate's intermezzo breeze" nice touch that "kaleidoscope dew"....

And I might also add, I think Frieda is smiling and firefly dancing too... There is no Dali here, just you and not surreal, but REAL!!!

~~redzone

[kublakhan27]

I sure hope she is red...she hasn't been around for a while, and apparently nobody will read it unless I state her name explicitly, which I may still do...but the people that matter know, and you know...I spent two days putting this one together, and I hold it close to the heart...I hope she likes it...thanks so much for reading :)

[redzone]

She knows... She's a Jersey girl and they know everything...

[Zahra]

wow extremely beautiful... very well done

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much Zahra :)

[anne]

its lovely....so beautiful.... :))

[kublakhan27]

So glad you enjoyed it Anne, thank you :)

[Eve Ola]

a very playful write that I really enjoyed. Thanks for sharing

[kublakhan27]

So glad you enjoyed it Eve, thank you :)

[Eve Ola]

my pleasure :)

[s y e]

I knew this was for Frieda as soon as I saw the title and what a great poem. Must be great to have a Muse like Frieda. She is a wonderful woman and friend to us all. Lovely poem, Steve!

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much Noodlebop, I was just trying to write something to lift her spirits a bit when she was feeling down...God knows she spends enough time consoling me on things, it's like a full-time job haha So glad you liked this one bud :)

[willweb]

I will forever view fireflies in a much different light. Maybe through a kaliedescope, then I might see them in the wonderful fashion that you do Kublakhan27. This danced and sang and filled the page with magic. I really enjoyed this today.

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much will...it's a special piece for me in the sense that I struggle to write positive stuff, so it means a lot that you enjoyed this one.

[Einstein Noodle]

what a beautiful thought! the morphing surprise surprise we are smiling fire flies .... too cool! very much enjoyed the transition ..
and the Temptations ... so good! never heard the song before .. thanks!
E.

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much E, I wrote it for a friend who was feeling down at the time...writing upbeat stuff is not my strong suit, so I hold this one close to the chest...I had only heard the song once but I remembered it just before I finished writing it...so glad you enjoyed this one my friend :)

[Einstein Noodle]

totally Kubla! :)))

[Avanthika]

poem on very unusual topic , its good

[kublakhan27]

Thank you Avanthika.

[TL Boehm]

Feathers of poetic grass danced
in the splashes of kaleidoscopic dew
that coagulated to the tune
of fate's intermezzo breeze

falls of chair whilst reveling in this yup. absolute poetry here.

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much TL :)

[Blake Fodor]

Your imagery in this nicely composed poem is great...

[kublakhan27]

Thank you Blake, glad you enjoyed it.

[Troy Henson]

Such wonderful imagery and a playful write. Enjoyed this one :)

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much Troy :)